Splicing apparatus



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OBADIAH1^BUTLER`AND AMOS yMORIN', OFKILLINGLY, CONNECTICUT.

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Application filed Aiigust 28,1922'. serial Nb. 584,932@

To .all whom t may conc/ern: y

and Anios MORIN', citizens or' the United States, residing-atKillingly., in the county of, Windham and State otConnecticut', haveinvented certainnew and useful Improvements in Splicingrkpparatus, ofwhich the following isa specification, reference had! therein to theaccompanying ydrenntlgs.

This invention relates to a splicing. ap'- paratus, andthe object oftheinventionis the construction of anapparatus,whereby the-ends-rof'theyarn may be quickly spliced or fastened together. A

Another object of the inventionl is lthel elli'cie'nt fastening otl thebroken ends oiithc i yarn together to make acontinuousstf' ,fW'iththesei and otherobjects in vieliv, our invent-ion comprises certainnovel coinbinaiV tions, Constructions Iarranghements, oi'

parts as will be ,hereinafterdescribed, illustrated inthevaccoinfpanyijng draw'ingavand more', partielil'arly pointed outfin theappended claims-1 y i' inthe]drawingsz r l. y F'gu're 1 is yaperspective viewer our ap-j paratus'. y o j Figure 2 isa'n end y'viewvof the apparatus. Figure?) is asectional viewftaken on line Fig'. 1,andl looking in the direction oi? Figureeis asectional view,talren online' 174, Fig. 1, and looking in the direction oi the arrows. p o p ,y

Figures 56 and? are plany views ofthe apparatus showing'in diagram theproeess Referringto the drawings by numeralspll designatesA the frame,which comprises the base v2 and ends 3L` Secured 'to theiront offtheends- 3y are. front flanges/1. The upper edgesoivth'e endsf are bentinto ahoriz'ontal position forming horizontal flanges 5.

v Secured upon these flanges 5 are `horizontal plates 6.A

Vertical standards Af are secured to the base 2,1and/these standards areprovided wvit'h clamp'l deyices, 9 .and 10. u p Eachoi the clampdevices, 9 and 10 comprises an inner clamp plate 11, and lan outerclamp'plate 12; these clamp plates are secured together near their bottom byscrews 13. A buttonk device 14 is provided tor slightly moving thevouter plate '12`avay', at its upper portion, from, the innerplate 11'7as shownby dotted linesv 15', Fig. 3, Vand this button device comprisesa stem1 16 wvith a` head1? and a bottom 1 8, yFig".y 3. `,"lh'e hie-ad;k1'( extends through the inner plate 11 and bears against the inner 'faeeofthe-outer plate l12, wherebywhen the operator presses inwardly uponthe bottom 18,tlie outer plate 12 Will be moved tothe position shown lbydotted lines`15, allowing thestrandtliatyis betveen the plate'sto beeasily removed from oli the clamp device.` l n y 'Y To thy iront ofthefront flanges 4 islastened a vertical clainp plate. 19. 'Thisv clampplate 19` is'useuredy to th'e'liange 4 by screws 20,With its upper endlet. free to be slightly moved aivay from the Iflange 4, in al similarmanner to the.` vrvay plate12 ishrnoved away' from plate 11 bythebuttonfdevioe. f

*y Horizontalclam'p plates 21 are1k fastened,

at their'cemer, by'riv'ets este the top or the horizontall plates ,6.Qnfthe tiangesand plates @contiguous to'v the fends ofthe clamp plates21, are` formed`holdin [notches 23 into vvhich the Vyarnmay be 'p'a'cechat the willI of 1thev operator, as hereinafter described. Mounted uponthe horizontal p'late's'f', near their outer ends, areverti'calwpinsvj2et; each pin 241s provided'ivi'th ayarn-receivi`ngnotch 25 iormednear its base'.y X V yIn carrying outour.pro'cesslwhentwoends of yarn are to bek spliced'or fastened together, We preferably havethe yarn on spools 2G and 27. The yarn 28 on spool' 26 ispassedunder(Figs. 5 to?) th'e'uter` end of p'late 21 thencearound pin 24, restingthe notch 25, thence yarn'k Ais ,brought across the apparatusanldplacedlunder the n l plate 21 .at the opposite end ofthe frame, Fig.5,4 and securedby its knotted end in notch 23.

lrlfheyarn 42.9 on spool 27 isthenpla'ced (similar to yarnw28) ,underthe routerend of plate 21, at'the left-hand endpflthje para'tus,andfsaidy yarn k29 is their1 passed around'the leftfhand pin`211` andthence' is positioned across theapparatus andplaced underlthle inner endof plate 21 atthe right# hand of the apparatus, as clearly shown in Fig.5, and secured by its knotted end in notch 23.

The operator preferably meistens or wets the yarn before starting thesplicing process. rIhe two pieces of yarn 2S and 29 are then separated,and in this instance each yarn is constituted by three strands 30, 31and 32. This separation of the yarn is preferably done by the operatorforcing the twist (by using the finger, or a metal awl, or pencil).

Then the operator, with the left-hand, takes hold of strand 30 of yarn29 and with a jerk breaks off a portion; then with the right-hand, theoperator takes hold of strand 30 of yarn 28 and with a little jerkbreaks some of it off. Now, hold these two strands 30 taut, twist themaround one another vfrom three to five times, placing the twistedportions in the device 10 and the long or loose ends outside of thedevice 10 should be snipped olf with scissors or clips, leaving the endsof strand 30 at 33-33. n

Next, with the left-hand, take hold of strand 31 of yarn 29 and with alittle jerk break it oil' between the ends of the appa ratus; then withthe right-hand take hold of strand 31 of yarn 28 and with a little jerkbreak itl oif also between the ends of the apparatus, leaving enough ofthe strand 31, between the endsof the apparatus, to be twisted together;the twisting` operation is accomplished by holding the two ends ofvstrand 31 taut, twisting them around one another from three to livetimes and then placing the twisted portion in the clamp device 9, andthe long ends projecting beyond the clamp device 9 should be cut off,leaving the ends at 3l-34- l Next, with the left-hand, take hold of thelast remaining strand 32 and in the same manner, as when splicingstrands 30 and 31, splice the ends of the strand 32 together placing thetwisted ends in the clamp device 8, leaving the loose ends of twisted orspliced strands 32 at 35--35- Next push in. upon buttons 18 thusreleasing the three strands which are in the three clamp devices 8, 9and 10 and the twist will return into the spliced portions of the threestrands and it may be aided by rubbing the yarn with the hand fromspools 26 and 27 toward the spliced portions.

Now, hold the spliced yarn tight and X it across the front of theapparatus under the two clamp plates 19, as shown in Fig. 7. There willbe two short ends of each of the spliced strands flying at each of theplaces designated A, B and C. With scissors or clips'trim olf theseflying ends so close to the yarn that they cannot be seen, then releasethe yarn from the clamp plates 19. The process is then complete and asplice is made. The yarn may now be wound all 5 upon one spool.

It will be understood that as many vises or clamp devices, like S, 9 and10, may be employed as there are strands in the yarn. For the purpose ofthis illustration we have considered yarn twisted from three strands,but it might be yarn made up of two or more strands, without departingfrom the spirit or scope of this process.

By employing our apparatus and process the work is done' easily, afterthe twist is forced out of the yarn and it is separated into strands,and if the yarn is wet; therefore, the operator uses wet portions of theyarn where the strands are separated, with a sponge, suitably moistenedwith water. However, this wetting` is not absolutely necessary.

It is to be noted that the operator can crowd the ends of strands 30, 31and 32 down into the holding notches 23 if desired, to keep themsomewhat out of the way and also to assist in holding the strands tautacross the machine.

While we have described the preferred I or changes as shall fairly fallwithin the' scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a frame,including a base and ends, said ends provided with front and horizontalflanges, yarn-holding means carried by said front and horizontalflanges, and strand-holding or clamping means on said frame between saidends.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a frameprovided wit-h vertical ends, flanges formed upon the front of saidends,'said en ds terminating at their top in horizontal flanges,horizontal plates carried by the horizontal flanges, clamp platessecured to the front ilanges and also secured t0 the horizontal plates,said hori-A zontal flanges and horizontal plates provided with holdingnotches, pins positioned upon said horizontal plates, and strand holdingand clamping means on the frame between said ends.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a frameprovided with horizontal plates, each of said plates provided with apair of holding notches, a

clamping plate fastened to each horizontal *i plate contiguous to itsholding notches, and strand-clamping means carried by said frame betweensaid horizontal plates.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a frameprovided with horizontal plates, a clamping plate and a pin fastened toeach horizontal plate, and and said frame provided with holding strandclamping and holding means on the notches. frame between the plates. Intestimony whereof We hereunto aflix 10 5. In an apparatus of the classdescribed, our signatures. 5 the combination with a frame provided Witha plurality of Clamping means, pins pro- OBADIAH BUTLER. vided withnot-ches carried by said frame, AMOS MORIN.

